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• Research reveals changing hail risks in a warming Europe

  Climate change may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hail storms, new research has shown.

  hail is likely to become less common, except potentially for very large hail. Severe hail has a diameter of 2 cm, while a diameter of 5 cm or more is considered very large. Bigger hailstones cause more damage than smaller ones, and even a small increase in their size could outweigh any benefits

• AI to take weather forecasting by storm

  , providing detailed information to aid decision-making across the public sector and private industry. Enormously ambitious project Dr Jean Innes, CEO at The Alan Turing Institute, said: “This project aims to tackle the big hold-out problem in weather prediction – fast and accurate prediction of impactful

• Met Office to support innovation for safer, more efficient power transmission

  to the 1970s and 80s. These do not reflect the real-world variability of weather conditions across the UK – the warmer climate of the south is treated the same as the cooler climate of the far north for example. These differences can make a big impact on the efficiency of the energy grid across the UK.  Steve

• The bleakest assessment yet of climate change risk

  to continued climate change Severe risks are generally seen to occur sooner (i.e. at lower warming level) than previously thought. There are big regional variations in impacts and vulnerability, with Africa being particularly impacted  The Met Office and the IPCC have enjoyed a long working

• Statistics for April 2017

  This was a good example of how the timing of just one weather system can make a big difference to monthly rainfall statistics. On 30 April parts of Devon had around 60% of the rainfall expected for the whole month, pushing the statistics closer to the monthly average overall. If that rain had

• Met Office daily weather: Temperatures to peak before cooling slightly

  warm temperatures, making it a pleasant, albeit slightly cooler day.  Aidan McGivern, Met Office presenter and meteorologist, said: “Remarkably warm for the first morning of May, but a big temperature contrast by the afternoon as a cold front sinks south, bringing showers to Scotland and Northern

• Memo

  ; progress towards a sustainable funding model for the Met Office Hadley Centre; very strong performance of the Met Office Business Group; agreement to form an Environmental Futures and Big Data hub in collaboration with the University of Exeter; the start of the winter season’s services; positive

• MOB Summary 25 Jan 12

  informed the Board that the Met Office’s success in the Computer Weekly Social Media awards was a very big success against stiff competition. • JH informed the Board about a visit from Netherlands Met Service, KNMI • JH also discussed his visit to American Met Society conference, where he had talked about

• Met Office daily weather: A bright start but potential for rain and thunder later

  or strong, with gales mainly affecting coastal areas. Temperatures are likely to be near average or just below for the time of year.  Met Office presenter and meteorologist, Alex Burkill, said: "A big talking point for Tuesday is a wave of cloud and more persistent rain that's pushing into parts

• Met Office and Surfers Against Sewage team up

  Marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage has been chosen by the Met Office as its official partner charity for the next three years, and the pair-up started with a ‘big clean’ on Ness Cove beach, near Teignmouth. A team of 27 volunteers from the Met Office collected eight large bags